Eric Swalwell spectacularly crashed out in his gubernatorial run for California governor on Sunday — and by Monday, he’d ripped himself out of Congress earlier than he could possibly be investigated by the Home for his alleged heinous intercourse assaults.
The resignation caps a swift fall from grace for the former main candidate within the gubernatorial race. Swalwell has pledged to battle severe allegations which he claims are false.
However alarm bells and a path of disgrace had lengthy adopted the embattled consultant — who’s simply 45 years previous.
‘Fang Fang’ infiltration — 2012-2015
Accused Chinese language authorities spy “Fang Fang,” — whose actual identify is Christine Fang, entered the US by way of California as a school pupil in 2011 — and spent the following 4 years wooing everybody from native politicos to US congressmen, per Axios, citing present and former US intelligence officers.
Fang took a particular liking to Swalwell, and helped place at the least one intern in his workplace, in accordance with two sources.
She additionally raised funds for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election marketing campaign and interacted with the congressman at quite a few occasions over a number of years, Axios stated.
“She was on a mission,’’ a US counter-intelligence official stated of Fang — and it included loads of seduction earlier than the feds bought wind of her antics and she or he vanished in 2015.
At that time, Swalwell, who was not accused of any wrongdoing, lower off all contact with Fang.
An abysmal run for president — 2019
His doomed bid for president didn’t register with voters after a flashy announcement on CBS’ Late Present with Stephen Colbert.
“I see a rustic in quicksand, unable to unravel threats from overseas, unable to make life higher for individuals right here at house,” he stated on the time.
However the one factor in quicksand was his failed bid — as his marketing campaign didn’t even register 1% amongst possible voters, per Politico.
He dropped out of the race in July 2019.
Farting for the cameras in 2019
In maybe his grossest gaffe of the period, Swalwell appeared to let rip an unlimited fart whereas doing a dwell interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.
He later denied ripping a big one, telling Buzzfeed Information: “It was not me!!!!!” he wrote. “Ha. And I didn’t hear it after I was talking.”
#Fartgate trended on Twitter.
Intercourse assault claims — 2019, 2024, 2026
Final week, 4 ladies accused married Swalwell of horrific acts of sexual assault and misconduct — together with a former staffer who claims he raped her.
The California governor candidate’s marketing campaign was hanging by a thread Friday when the alleged victims aired bombshell particulars of what they are saying occurred to them.
One of many ladies, a former staffer, claimed he raped her when she was drunk and left her bruised and bleeding through the alleged 2024 assault.
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She additionally claimed she awakened bare subsequent to him in a resort room in 2019 after a heavy night time of consuming and felt bodily like they’d intercourse.
Right here’s the newest on the allegations in opposition to Rep. Eric Swalwell
One other lady, who stated she first met Swalwell on-line, alleged she additionally awoke subsequent to him in a resort after a drunken night time out, including he allegedly kissed her and touched her leg with out consent.
And social media influencer Ally Sammarco claimed he had despatched her nudes on Snapchat after they began speaking about politics on X.
The Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace opened a intercourse assault probe into Swalwell after the explosive stories emerged.
Unlawful Brazilian live-in nanny claims — 2026
On Saturday, it emerged that Swalwell was accused of violating immigration and employment regulation to maintain his unlawful live-in Brazilian nanny within the nation, in accordance with a pair of just lately filed complaints.
When his South American babysitter’s momentary work authorization was about to run out in 2022, he and spouse Brittany Swalwell lied to the feds to maintain Amanda Barbosa working for them, a brand new grievance filed Tuesday with the Division of Labor claimed.
One other grievance, filed to the Division of Homeland safety in February and beforehand unreported, accuses Swalwell of paying the nanny beneath the desk with marketing campaign funds for a interval of two years when she didn’t maintain legitimate work authorization.
Skipping out on the job — 2025
Swalwell infamously had a stunning report of shirking his duties in Congress — to rub elbows with the wealthy and well-known as an alternative of placing within the grind as an elected lawmaker.
In 2025, he missed 95 votes, not together with truancy from committee hearings, out of a complete of 342 Home roll name votes that 12 months.
That’s greater than double the absences of octogenarian Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who started 2025 recovering from hip alternative surgical procedure and introduced plans to retire in November.
His horrible work report was solely trounced by one different elected member — Dem Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey.
Looking for Swalwell — 2026
Within the face of a lawsuit and rising verbal assaults on the marketing campaign path, Swalwell — who was the Democratic frontrunner within the California governor’s race — insisted he’d stored a house within the state for almost 9 years whereas serving in Congress.
However that was information to Swalwell’s neighbors.
5 individuals who dwell on the quiet Livermore cul-de-sac the place Swalwell claims to have lived since 2017 advised the California Publish that they’ve by no means met the congressman.
“I’ve by no means seen him,” stated Gita Prusty, who famous she’s lived on Michell Court docket for 5 years.
Prusty’s house is one in every of seven on the cul-de-sac the place Swalwell has claimed residency, and she or he wasn’t the one one confused when proven his picture.
Lauren Antony, 19, lives in a home two doorways down from Swalwell’s listed deal with, however she advised The Publish she had “by no means seen” him after being proven his image. When requested how lengthy she has lived on the road, she stated: “All of my life.”
As for the place Swalwell is holed up now could be anybody’s guess — after his ex-bestie, lefty billionaire Stephen Cloobeck dramatically lower ties with him on Sunday and revealed he had kicked him out of his mansion.
“I’m not supporting Eric,” Cloobeck advised The Publish in an unique interview. “F—king inform everybody I’m a libertarian. F—ok you, Democrat Celebration. I’m a libertarian now.”
